Oceania
Summary and Results of the Japan-Australia Format 2+2 Meeting
The 11th Format 2+2 meeting was held in Queenscliff, Victoria on 5 September. As a reminder, this type of event was established in 2007. The meeting was attended by the country's foreign and defence ministers Penny Wong and Richard Marles…
Australia’s policy in Oceania: militarisation and arrogance
In the spring of 2024, the Australian Government adopted the first National Defence Strategy in its history. It is designed to identify completely new approaches to ‘protecting the country and its interests’. Over the past decade, the country has been aggressively increasing military construction and has now officially consolidated this process in its course of development. How are Australian military and political ambitions impacting the South Pacific region?
China and Japan are becoming more active in the Pacific Ocean
A number of recent events have indicated the increased diplomatic activity of China and Japan, two leading Asian powers, with island countries located in the Pacific Ocean.
